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Is leach a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word leach is a Scrabble US word. The word leach is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

L1E1A1C3H4

Is leach a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word leach is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

L1E1A1C3H4

Is leach a Words With Friends word?

Yes. The word leach is a Words With Friends word. The word leach is worth 11 points in Words With Friends (WWF):

L2E1A1C4H3

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5-letter words (2 found)

CHELA,LEACH,

4-letter words (8 found)

ACHE,ALEC,CHAL,EACH,HALE,HEAL,LACE,LECH,

3-letter words (12 found)

ACE,ACH,ALE,CAL,CEL,CHA,CHE,ECH,HAE,LAC,LAH,LEA,

2-letter words (10 found)

AE,AH,AL,CH,EA,EH,EL,HA,HE,LA,

1-letter words (1 found)

E,

You can make 33 words from leach according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of leach

leach elach laech alech ealch aelch lecah elcah lceah cleah eclah celah laceh alceh lcaeh claeh acleh caleh eaclh aeclh ecalh cealh acelh caelh leahc elahc laehc alehc ealhc aelhc lehac elhac lheac hleac ehlac helac lahec alhec lhaec hlaec ahlec halec eahlc aehlc ehalc healc ahelc haelc lecha elcha lceha cleha eclha celha lehca elhca lheca hleca ehlca helca lchea clhea lhcea hlcea chlea hclea echla cehla ehcla hecla chela hcela lache alche lcahe clahe aclhe calhe lahce alhce lhace hlace ahlce halce lchae clhae lhcae hlcae chlae hclae achle cahle ahcle hacle chale hcale eachl aechl ecahl ceahl acehl caehl eahcl aehcl ehacl heacl ahecl haecl echal cehal ehcal hecal cheal hceal achel cahel ahcel hacel chael hcael

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Definitions and meaning of leach

leach

Pronunciation

  • (UK, US) enPR: lēch, IPA(key): /liːt͡ʃ/
  • Homophone: leech
  • Rhymes: -iːtʃ

Etymology 1

From Middle English leche (“leachate; sluggish stream”), from Old English *lǣċ, *lǣċe (“muddy stream”), from Proto-Germanic *lēkijō (“a leak, drain, flow”) (compare Proto-Germanic *lekaną (“to leak, drain”)), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to leak”).

Cognate with Old English leċċan (“to water, moisten”), Old English lacu (“stream, pool, pond”). More at leak, lake.

Noun

leach (plural leaches)

  1. A quantity of wood ashes, through which water passes, and thus imbibes the alkali.
  2. A tub or vat for leaching ashes, bark, etc.
  3. (nautical) Alternative spelling of leech.
  4. A jelly-like sweetmeat popular in the fifteenth century.
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English *lechen, *lecchen, from Old English leċċan, from Proto-Germanic *lakjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to leak”).

Verb

leach (third-person singular simple present leaches, present participle leaching, simple past and past participle leached)

  1. (transitive) To purge a soluble matter out of something by the action of a percolating fluid.
    Heavy rainfall can leach out minerals important for plant growth from the soil.
  2. (intransitive) To part with soluble constituents by percolation.
    The gangue was leached to recover minerals left behind by the original technology.
  3. (figurative, intransitive) To bleed, seep.
Usage notes

Do not confuse this verb with the verb leech.

Derived terms
  • leaching
  • leachate
Translations

Anagrams

  • Hecla, chela

Source: wiktionary.org